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Discipleship

Why I’ll Never See Communion The Same Again!

This last Sunday at Element Church we concluded our sermon series called “Who Is Jesus” with what is now one of my favorite sermons I’ve ever done. There are a handful of sermons that have marked me individually. This was one of them. Every sermon a pastor preaches I believe is important…eternally i…

Discipleship

Community Outreach as a Core Church Growth Tactic

Just this last week I was honored and privileged to share on the Unseminary Podcast with Rich Birch . Rich is an incredible leader with many years of experience in growing churches. Unseminary is a podcast that I and our staff have been listening to for years and one we have learned and implemented…

Discipleship

Element Church: Volunteer Of The Week

Hey Element Church ! Meet Tony, this week’s Volunteer Of The Week. Tony was nominated by Steve, one of our Associate Pastors, who said this: “ Tony is an amazing man that has overcome so much in this life. I got to pray with him to receive Christ in the Living Room 6 years ago here at Element Church…

Discipleship

I’ll Never View Jesus The Same Way

Do you ever have one of those moments where you read a Scripture, sing a song or experience a sermon that completely changes your outlook on Jesus forever? This past week’s sermon at Element Church was that way for me. Several weeks ago, as I was doing research on Psalm 23, I was confronted with som…

Discipleship

Four Bad Reasons To Not Go To Church

Our church involvement should not fit around the calendar, our calendar should fit around our church involvement! And with that one statement I have aroused many emotions, right? There are those who will jump on the soapbox with me to agree. Others will kick the soapbox out from underneath me in ang…

Discipleship

Element Church: Volunteer Of The Week

Hey Element Church ! Meet James, this week’s Volunteer of the week. James was nominated by Andy, our Associate Pastor, who said this: “ James serves on our 9 am Hospitality Team and I’ve never talked to the guy without a smile on his face. What I love most about James is his love for Jesus and his i…

Discipleship

Do I Really Trust Jesus?

The guidance of Jesus is only as great as my willingness to go with Him. This past Sunday at Element Church , we continued our sermon series called “Who Is Jesus?” In it, we are walking through Psalm 23 in the Old Testament, which gives us a beautiful depiction of our Lord and provides for us the an…

Discipleship

What Do Sheep Have To Do With Leadership?

Since we are in a sermon series here at Element Church where we are using sheep and a shepherd as our ongoing analogy to faith, I was reminded of this news story I ran across a while back and it got me thinking about leadership. The story came out of Spain how 1,300 sheep were found wandering throug…

Discipleship

Element Church: Volunteer Of The Week

Hey Element Church ! Meet Trish, this week’s Volunteer of the week. Trish serves on our cleaning team and was nominated by Kelly, our Facilities Manager, who said this: “Trish is kindhearted and goes above and beyond. She is reliably volunteering every month. She is a great blessing to my team and w…

Discipleship

What Makes Jesus So Good?

This last Sunday at Element Church we celebrated Easter by starting a new four-week sermon series called “Who is Jesus?” In this series, we are walking through Psalm 23, which gives us a beautiful depiction of the Lord as our Shepherd. It’s more than ironic or coincidence to me that King David descr…

Devotional

New Resource: 21 Day Devotional For New Believers

Today, I am officially releasing a devotional I wrote for new, or even long-time believers who want to get a fresh start in their walk with Christ called, “ 21: a 21 day journey for the new believer “. So often as Christians, we use a bunch of “churchy” words and terms trying to explain what it mean…

Discipleship

Element Church: Volunteer Of The Week

Hey Element Church ! Meet Nancy, this week’s Volunteer Of the Week. Nancy was nominated by Eiron, one of our Pastoral Assistants who said this: “ Nancy has served on an FI team, outreach event team or a small group since she began 5 years ago! Nancy’s heart for serving people shows in every aspect o…